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Wilhelm Wurtz Sr.¹

Male, b. 1703, d. 1782, #1446

Note*

Wilhelm Arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the boat the Neptune , John Mason, Master, on September 23, 1753 from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Wilhelm"s trip originated in Tauberbischofsheim, Baden Germany. The ships log shows Wilhelm Wurtz, Sr., Wilhelm Wurtz, Jr., and Peter Wurtz. Wilhelm arrived in Loudoun County, Virginia around 1767 according to Loudoun County, Virginia Tax List.

On November 27, 1772 Wilhelm leased 100 acres from George William Fairfax near Dutchmans Run called Piedmont in Shelburne Parish, Loudoun County, Virginia, Deed Book 71-73.

1782 Applied for relief from taxes and levies due to age and infirmities, Loudoun County, Virginia. Order Book G, page 397 - RDV RNOTES.

Buried in the Old Lutheran Cemetery also known as New Jerusalem Cemetery, Lovettsville, Virginia, Row KK4. He was buried at NJLC, Lovettsville, VA.¹

Name Variation

William Werts¹

Birth*

1703

Baden, Germany¹

Marriage*

circa 1726

Tauberboschofsheim, Baden, Germany, Principal=Anna Catharina Unknown¹

Immigration*

24 September 1753

Database: Pennsylvania Foreign Oaths of Allegiance
IMMIGRANTS INTO PENNSYLVANIA: Volume 1
Name: William Wertz Sr,
Ship: NEPTUNE
Captain: JOHN MASON
Place: ROTTERDAM
Date: SEPT. 24, 1753

Names of Passengers who Arrived in Philadelphia on Ship "Neptune" from Rotterdam, last from Cowes on 24 Sept 1753

(abbreviated)
Wilhelm Wurtz Jr.
Wilhelm Wurtz Sen.
Peter Wurtz¹

Census*

1754

Philadelphia Co., PA, Wilhelm and Wihlem, Jr. are shown living in Philadelphia in the 1754 Pennsylvania Census¹

Naturalization*

10 April 1761

Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA, Living in Lancaster, Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania¹

Burial*

1782

New Jerusalem Lutheran Chuch Cemetery aka Lovettsville Union Cemetery, Lovettsville, Loudoun Co., VA, Buried in row KK¹